jiù

fault

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

处 sound component

  Sound component

chùchǔ

  

place

Evolution

咎 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
咎 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
咎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
咎 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
咎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiù

fault, defect; error, mistake; fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune

Most common words with 咎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

归咎

to accuse

fault

咎由自取

to have only oneself to blame (idiom)

引咎辞职

to admit responsibility and resign

既往不咎

There is no point in crying over spilt milk.

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g](r)uʔ

gjuwX

jiù

fault, blame (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.5629% of movies

2918th most common character in movies

3225th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+548E

Shuowen

“咎,災也。从人,从各。各者,相違也。”


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